Trying to reason with hurricane season

New York City will host the first East Coast stop on professional surfing's ASP Tour during hurricane season 2011. The window for the event is September 4-15 and will be held in Long Beach. Intensive study went into determining when an event in NY should be held in order to maximize rippable swell. A 15 year study determined early September. According to Surfline.com Chief Forecaster, "the surf climate in Western Long Island is greatly affected by the underwater Hudson Canyon offshore, which can turn average surf into very high quality surf comparable to many of the best surf spots in the world on the right day. We are also in a La Nina year, so we expect the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season to be a little more active."

More details here. And here, a western LI secret...